Improvement in paper-box machines



2'Sheets-Sheet 1. C. B. HA'TFIELD.

' PAPER BOX MACHINE. No 100,621. 1 i: Patented Mar; 8, `1870.

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' y The Shedule referred to in. rthese Letters Patel-1t and making part el* the same '1,.BAnLEs B. Burioni), ofBl'lilzulelphin, county.

Lof Philadelphia.,` State of Pennsylruniu, have invented- 1 a Machine for Forming ,Paper Boxes and Lids furthe samefof which `t-he 4following is a speciiicatiou. A atfui' and Objects of the Intent-ion, My invention` consists inl certain mechanism, fully described hereafter, =for forming-paper boxes and lids.

for' the same, either withorwithout lianged ends.` `-wf-v 'vu- Deserlqlt-Qn of the` Accompanying Drawings. Figure 1,(Sheei`1,)` isn longitudinal vertical scc-' tion of the machine; '1 l' Figure 2,11, pla-n view. l Figures 3,4, and 5, enlargedviews of the expondlng head upon which the boxes and lids are iiirlncd,

, enlarged scale, and illustra-ting portions ofthe nmchlne.

Genei'cl Description? The frame 'of the machine consists of a platn'ni, A,

which rests upon suitable iegs','and"in stznxdanls B B', secured to thetop of this platform, turns the main driving shaft 0, furnished at one endwith a driving pulley,` 1 to which `motion is communicated ionra'n :uljoiningiine of shaft-ing. l

l length, and termiimtcsatrits iuner'end in what I 'have termedan' expanding head, D, the latter-consisting of three main elen'ients, nan\ely, ofa disk, permanently secured to the shaift, ofa. inovabledsk, d, which is' attached .to a. rod, d', arranged' to slidethrough the shut't, and of f'onr or other suitable number of segments,

j', which i'ornithe expandingportion 'oi'tlie head. (See The rod df, to wldclrtlie'disk d is attached, is conneeted ai? its opposite end to a. sleeve, e,1whch slides upon' the driving shafnthe connection between the rod and vsleeve being made through alongitudinalslot,

e', of the' shaft, which permits the renuired sliding 'moc the disk (l of the expanding head in contact-width the head. y v l I' is af standard secured `to the platform fA,in which slides a horizontal1'od,K', in linew-ith the driving v The lver-is also connected, by menus of a, rod, y', beneath the platform A, with another level', I-I,

' .whiolfis hung to a standard-or hrackeh., at.y the op#l posite end ofthe machine, for ai purpose described here: after. i l

The seglnentsf of the expanding head'D'are in the preserininstnnce ifonriu number,`being'sccurcd todov'e5,

`tniled tongues i, vwhich mdiate from the ccntcrot the disk hand which are adapte-d to m'ldznranged'i'o slide in dovetailed grooves formed' in the said disl (Sec l The sliding of these tongues and their segments from or `tows'ud the center ot' the diskeii'ects the required expamling or"contrartingoi the heath-:nid isinccoinplishcd by links i',which connect Acach of the vsaid tongues with a sleeve, J,wh ich slides upon the-driving Figure (i,`(She'et.2,) a. transverse verticalsection of'I themachine on the line 1-2, iig.` 1.

shaft, the said slcevebeing operated through the inema u'.

'lhesegxnentsjfurc bound together b v a, rubber band" or spring, 1.", and-Tav spiral spring, l, on the driving slm-ti;`

beurs againstt-he sleeve J, and tends to force it towards" Vthe head D, the object/ot' t-h'cse springs being merely to take-np the lost motionof'the several parts so as to insure thepioper'expanding and contracting-oi the.

shaft, a disk, l, being secured 'toene cndof this' rod, while on the vopposite end-isa "spirnl'spring, 1;,"wl1ich tends to maintain'the saiddiskin the 'position shown' are placed the circular pieces of ptipe'r orstraw board which are to forni thebotto'm's2 'of the boxes, a. plunger,

4m, bearing against the pieces with a'constant pressure,

which isexerted by a, cord undweight, sn,'attached to 'the plunger rod m2, tlxelatter sliding in af 'postor standard, N, ofthe platform .AV l

A vertical plate, P, (figs. 1` and 6,) vis secured to the front` `of the reservoir M, and in "this plate are formed n wo openings, one for 'the piisszige of the 4'pieces .of

straw board from the reservoir, and the other for the#- sliding diskl, the latter opening heingofthe smallest" diameter. Y

`A sliding traine', (2,31; the f ront ofthe plut;eP,vi s guided partly" by lugs p' p of thelatteiyendpartly by a. rod, sp1, which projects downward throughs-n opening in the platform A, a, spring, p", npoutliis rod retninngtheii'aine inthe elevated position shown in igs. 1 and 6.

` '.lo'the'frame Q is secured a vel-tieni pusher-bnr, S, a portion of which on theside townrds'th'e reservoir, 1

is cnt away so as to formau abrupt shonlden/r, (fig.

' 7,)thc latter, when'` the fra-me is vdepressed by means met' . CHARLES BgHATIELD, 0F-PH1LADELPHIA, PENNSYLXQASIA, AssIeNo-nl 'r H IMSELF,

,Y scribed, of the said expanding bead with the'donbleflanged roller U,

5. The combination, substantially as herein de' scribed, of the sliding disk d of the said expanding head with a slidingdislgl, attached to a spring-rbd, K.

6. The combination,l substantially as herein described, of the said expanding head with the vibrating, lingers z 5.

The roller U,haringat each end a movable flange, t or t, acted on by springs 112,- substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. The levers F and H, connected by a rod, g', and acted on by a suitable spring, or any device equivalent to these levers whereby the disks d-and l may be. operated, substantially in themanner described.-

9. The combination of the rock-shaft its arms u and ui, the connecting-rods 1" and u, and the treadleV 'n.orany mechanism equivalent to the saine, by means of whielrthe throwing back of the lever R and with drawing of the spring-latch may be effected simultanoouslv.

]0."1`he spring-latch T, arranged to operate the spring-rod 1i and its disk l, substantially in the man- .ner described l In testimony whereof l have signediny name to 4this specification in rho presence ot' two subscribing:r witnesses.

CHARLES B. HATFIELDa Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, 'HAnni' SMITH. 

